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Detailed explanation-1: -Global Leaders Applaud India for Focusing on Individual Behaviour Change towards Climate Change. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the ‘Lifestyle for the Environment (LiFE) Movement’ today via video conferencing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mr Aniruddha Dasgupta, CEO and President of World Resources Institute also thanked the Prime Minister for a much needed global movement and conversation on how we live, how we consume and how we take care of the planet.

Detailed explanation-3: -First proposed by the Prime Minister at COP 26, Mission LiFE is envisioned as an India-led global mass movement that will nudge individual and collective action to protect and preserve the environment. The Prime Minister and UNSG unveiled the LiFE logo and tagline, and released the Mission Document at the event.

Detailed explanation-4: -An India-led global mass movement to nudge individual and community action to preserve the environment. Over the last two decades, several macro measures have been implemented globally to address environmental degradation and climate change, including policy reforms, economic incentives and regulations.